Blake "Black" Thompson, 14, is charged as an adult with murder, conspiracy to commit murder, arson and conspiracy to commit arson in connection with the slaying of his father, 53-year-old Kenneth Thompson, of McComb. Greg "Red" Fortenberry, 26, and LeJerrious "Moo" Perkins, 17, face the same charges in the case.

Fortenberry was released from prison June 22 after serving six years of a 10-year sentence at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in Rankin County for aggravated assault on a Pike County police officer, records say.

Former Brookhaven police officer Jasper Pittman, 25, is accused of helping the trio hide the evidence, according to Pike County Justice Court documents. Pittman, who had Brookhaven Police Chief Bobby Bell said had only been with the department two weeks, was fired Tuesday. Pittman is charged with arson, conspiracy to commit arson, sexual battery and accessory after the fact to murder.

Kenneth Thompson may have been lured to his death by a phone call he received earlier Sunday morning, telling him to get his son, according to Kenneth Thompson's sister-in-law, Lillian Mallard.

Blake Thompson, Fortenberry and Perkins are accused of stabbing Kenneth Thompson in the neck sometime Sunday and taking his Chevy Silverado extended cab pickup truck, the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation says in the affidavit. They then drove to McComb, where they were spotted by family members near the Walmart.

The affidavit states that after the slaying, the three suspects called Pittman and asked him to help burn the truck and bury the body.

Thompson's body was found Monday in a shallow grave behind Pittman's house on Josephine Drive in the Pleasant Grove community, authorities said.

Blake Thompson, Fortenberry and Perkins were being held at the Pike County Jail. Bond had been set at $500,000 for each of the three suspects. Pittman is being held at the Amite County Jail on a $400,000 bond, court records say.